Booragoon
WA 6154 · Melville
5,684 (2021) → 6,323 est. (2025) · Moderate Growth
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Booragoon is a moderate growth suburb in Melville, WA 6154, about 10km from Perth CBD. Recent property sales in Booragoon are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 1 school, a transport score of 74/100, and is a short drive from the coast. Booragoon has an overall score of 84/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 70/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (7.23%), Malaysia (3.96%), China (3.45%), Indonesia (2.2%), South Africa (1.9%)
Top languages: Mandarin (5.51%), Cantonese (3.11%), Indonesian (2.27%), Korean (1.16%), Persian ED (1.04%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
WAdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the police-region average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same region share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: WA Police (regional aggregate) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 1087 (above the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Booragoon Primary SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 1123
Nearby (within 10km)
- Applecross Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · 1.2kmICSEA 1117
- Ardross Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.3kmICSEA 1144
- Brentwood Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.3kmICSEA 1113
- SEDA College WASecondary · Independent · 1.3kmICSEA 1023
- Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.5kmICSEA 1149
- Mel Maria Catholic Primary School - Pater Noster CampusPrimary · Catholic · 1.6km
- Bateman Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.7kmICSEA 1128
- Winthrop Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.7kmICSEA 1136
- Corpus Christi CollegeCombined · Catholic · 2.1kmICSEA 1104
- St Benedict's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.4kmICSEA 1143
- Melville Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.6kmICSEA 1113
- Kardinya Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.7kmICSEA 1085
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
Moderate GrowthSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about Booragoon
Is Booragoon safe?
Booragoon has a residential safety score of 70/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 6,424 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Booragoon from Perth CBD?
Booragoon is about 10.2 km from Perth CBD, an estimated 43 minutes by public transport.
What schools are in Booragoon?
Booragoon has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 1123 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Booragoon?
Booragoon has a transport score of 74/100 and 33 bus stops.